“Smart enough to get into Yale. Economists studied students who had been admitted to two schools of higher and lower prestige but decided to attend the school with lower prestige. Estimated sacrifice in lifetime earnings from attending the less prestigious… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“It seems some CEOs who pay extremely large acquisition premiums … come to believe their own press.” — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“Regrets of the Dying.” She shared the five most common regrets of the people she had come to know: 1. I wish I’d had the… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“Peter Bregman, a productivity guru and blogger for the Harvard Business Review, recommends a simple trick for dodging this fate. He advises us to… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“Compromise is like the old joke, “A camel is a horse made by a committee.” — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
When people know the desired destination, they’re free to improvise, as needed, in arriving there. — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“Research tells us that brainstorming becomes more productive when it’s focused. As jazz great Charles Mingus famously said, “You can’t improvise on nothing, man;… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“To make good decisions, CEOs need the courage to seek out disagreement. Alfred Sloan, the longtime CEO and chairman of General Motors, once interrupted… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“One rule of thumb is to keep searching for options until you fall in love at least twice. If you’ve only identified one good… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“Seeking a compelling example of the company’s poor purchasing habits, Stegner assigned a summer student intern to investigate a single item—work gloves, which workers… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“Unexpected ideas are more likely to stick because surprise makes us pay attention and think.” — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
